Friday, March 12, 2010 2:25:04 AMVinyl has a wider frequency range than CD. CD's are recorded 16bit 44.1khz. Which gives a highest frequency of 22.5khz. This is just on the edge of the highest frequencies humans (well young humans) can hear. However the reality is higher frequencies are used by the ears to detect location in 3D space.

Also Digital audio is lots of snapshots of the audio waveform. 16 bits is not enough to capture every nuance correctly so the missing bits cause steps in the audio.

MP3's have up to 90% of the data stripped out of the audio - mostly this is fine detail and a lot in the middle ground.

In order of qualityWorst MP3Then CDThen VinylThen 24bit Wav Then 2" reel to reel tape at 30 inches per second. (ask your dad!)

Thursday, March 11, 2010 5:39:35 PMSorry Saka. Vinyl scratches worse than CDs. It is the more delicate of the two. I can leave my CDs in the car. I cannot leave a Vinyl record in the car.

This may be an extreme example, but this guy suggests *walking softly when near the playing turntable*.

CDs will always sound cleaner. The effect achieved on LPs to some degree is the equivalent to "blur" on a TV screen. Making it too sharp often makes it seem strange, even though it is the higher quality (crisper/sharper) image.

If you want to argue you like them better, good for you, but don't go throwing around words like "definitely". It definitely isn't that clear cut.